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Re: [hobbit] how/where to set/check thresholds for custom test



thx, Henrik.  would it be a nice feature [extension working like native
built-in test ]  to have?  How easy does the current flow lend itself to
such a 'native-look-like' extension?

On 8/25/06, Henrik Stoerner <henrik (at) hswn.dk> wrote:

On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 04:40:27PM -0400, Jerry Yu wrote: > I am successful following the 'slab' example to get it show up in RRD > graph as well as reported under 'slab' column. However, I am albeit at > loss on how to set up thresholds just like those in the built-in > tests. I used to write BB extension scripts, which calculate status > based on hard-coded thresholds set locally on the client and report > status to BBSERVER accordingly using $BB "status" command. > > In an ideal world, I'd, of course prefer, the extension script working > the same way as the built-in tests, in that a custom data section came > in from client, while the server sets the threshold centrally to > trigger alerts (plus plot them into a RRD graph). Is this possible > with Hobbit?

Alas, no. You are welcome to grab a custom configuration file from
the Hobbit server with the bb "config" command, or by picking lines out
of the client-local.cfg file (which ends up in the clients'
~hobbit/client/tmp/logfetch.HOSTNAME.cfg file). But the
hobbit-clients.cfg file on the server doesnt support add-on clients
having their private threshold data stored there.

> Short of which, is there a better Hobbit approach other
> than the BB extension approach I described above?

No.


Regards, Henrik


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